Conference Schedule
Tuesday, July 28th
3:00 - 10:00 pm Check-in at Skenandoa House
Wednesday, July 29th
11:00 - 1:00 pm Check-in at Skenandoa House
1:15 - 1:45 pm Registration at Kirner-Johnson
1:15 - 1:45 pm Registration at Kirner-Johnson
1:55 pm Welcome, Red Pit, Kirner-Johnson
2:00 - 3:45 pm Session 1: Monetary Policy, Red Pit, Kirner-Johnson
1:55 pm Welcome, Red Pit, Kirner-Johnson
2:00 - 3:45 pm Session 1: Monetary Policy, Red Pit, Kirner-Johnson
Chair: Robert Rebelein, Vassar College (rebelein@vassar.edu)
Greg Hess, Claremont McKenna (gregory.hess@claremontmckenna.edu)
"A Quantitative Assessment of the Qualitative Aspects of Chairman Greenspan's Communications"
[download pdf file]Discussant: Marc Tomljanovich, Drew University (mtomljan@drew.edu)
Sami Alpanda, Amherst College (salpanda@amherst.edu)
"Should Central Banks of Small Open Economies Respond to Exchange Rate Fluctuations? The Case of South Africa" (with Kevin Kotze & Geoffrey Woglom)
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Discussant: Pao-Lin Tien, Wesleyan University (ptien@wesleyan.edu)
Julie Smith, Lafayette College (smithjk@lafayette.edu)
"Where is the Fed (in the distribution of forecasters)?" (with Ed Gamber)
[download pdf file]Discussant: Dean Scrimgeour, Colgate University (dscrimgeour@mail.colgate.edu)
3:45 - 4:00 pm Break, Kirner-Johnson Commons
4:00 - 5:45 pm Session 2: Growth, Red Pit, Kirner-Johnson
4:00 - 5:45 pm Session 2: Growth, Red Pit, Kirner-Johnson
Chair: Ann Owen, Hamilton College
Lewis Davis, Union College (davisl@union.edu)
"Are Lawyers Good for Growth?" (with M. Fuat Sener)
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Discussant: Tamar Khitarishvilli, Bard College (khitaris@bard.edu)
Cameron Shelton, Claremont McKenna (Cameron.Shelton@ClaremontMcKenna.edu)
"Testing for Poverty Traps" (with Francisco Rodriguez)
[download pdf file]Discussant: Pedro de Araujo, Colorado College (Pedro.deAraujo@ColoradoCollege.edu)
Ahmed S. Rahman, U.S. Naval Academy (rahman@usna.edu)
"The Road Not Taken - What Is the 'Appropriate' Path to Development When Growth is Unbalanced?"
[download pdf]Discussant: Mark Hopkins, Gettysburg College (mhopkins@gettysburg.edu)
6:00 pm Reception in the Great Room of Spencer House
6:45 pm Workshop Dinner Followed by panel discussion: What should macro research
be at a liberal arts college? --in the Great Room of Spencer House
Moderator: Geoffrey Woglom, Amherst College
Panelists: Ed Gamber, Lafayette College
Greg Hess, Claremont McKenna
Nicole Simpson, Colgate University
6:45 pm Workshop Dinner Followed by panel discussion: What should macro research
be at a liberal arts college? --in the Great Room of Spencer House
Moderator: Geoffrey Woglom, Amherst College
Panelists: Ed Gamber, Lafayette College
Greg Hess, Claremont McKenna
Nicole Simpson, Colgate University
8:30 - 11:30 pm Drinks in the Pub
Thursday, July 30th
8:15 - 9:00 am Continental Breakfast, Kirner-Johnson Commons
9:00 - 10:45 am Session 3: International Economics, Red Pit, Kirner-Johnson
Chair: Marc Tomljanovich, Drew University (mtomljan@drew.edu)
Joseph Joyce, Wellesley College (jjoyce@wellesley.edu)
"Financial Globalization and Banking Crises in Emerging Markets"
[download pdf file]Discussant: Ellis Tallman, Oberlin College (etallman@oberlin.edu)
Katherine Smith, U.S. Naval Academy (ksmith@usna.edu)
"Financial Frictions, Sudden Stops and the External Capital Structure of Emerging Markets"
(with Enrique Mendoza)
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